supplying electricity for light, heat and power; to
buy, construct, lease and carry on the business of
communication by telephone, telegraph, or other means
of communication, and to construct and maintain
the poles, wires and structures necessary to carry on said
business, and to engage generally in the business of
a public service corporation, as may be determined by
the board of directors to be advantageous to the business
of the corporation.  This corporation shall have the right
to enter into, make and perform and carry out con-
tracts of every kind and description with any person,
firm, association or corporation.  This corporation shall
have the right to borrow money upon the isues of
warrants, bonds or other negotiable securities of this
corporation; to purchase, hold and re-issue shares
of its own capital stock; to buy, sell, own and
dispose of shares and to make advances upon stocks,
shares, bonds, securities or obligations of all other
corporations, or persons whatsoever, where ever located
or organized, and while the owner or holder thereof
of such shares, stocks, bonds or securities, to exercise
all the rights, powers and privileges of the ownership
thereof, and to exercise any all voting powers thereof.
     This corporation shall have, use and enjoy all
the rights, powers and privileges granted to corpor-
ations for profit under the laws of the State of Florida.
     The foregoing shall be construed both as to its
objects and powers, and it is hereby expressly pro-
vided that the foregoing specific powers shall not
in any way limit or restrict the powers of this
corporation; and have published due notice thereof
and have otherwise complied with the statute in
such case made and provided.
     Therefore, The State of Florida hereby incorporates
the above named persons, their associates and success-
ors, into a body politic and corporate in deed and
in law by and under the said name of the
     Alachua Trading and Improvement Company
and grants unto them full authority to exercise
the powers and privileges of a corporation for the
purpose above stated, in accordance with their
said charter, and the Laws of this State.
     In Witness Whereof, These presents have been
attested with the Great Seal, and signed and counter-
signed by the Governor and Secretary of State of the
State of Florida, at Tallahassee, the Capital, this the
fourth day of June, A.D. 1907.
                    N.B. Broward, Governor
     (Seal)         H. Clay Crawford, Secretary of State